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“Stock up for the Summer” Giveaway

Hey folks, as part of trying to get my act together on my writing and my blog, I m working with the fine folks at Inkslinger PR to try to beat

[twenty twenty six day one seven seven]: today i learned …

which is great, because when you stop learning, you re dead. Even for someone like me, who periodically takes wrong turns on purpose just to see where the roads go,

[twenty twenty six day one seven six]: my gosh, they’ve leveled up

Truly epic vegan dessert pairing at Maestro s Entre Nous speakeasy in downtown Greenville. Probably our third favorite vegan-friendly restaurant in Greenville after Sunbelly and the 07, but tonight s menu they

[twenty twenty six day one seven five]: greens a bit too deep

We had a wonderful hike in Asheville last Friday, though we had to keep the pace manageable due to my broken toe. After breakfast at The Smokin Onion and

[twenty twenty six day one seven four]: that’s not a donut

The above amazing example of a vegan dessert is a close relative of a cronut where a cronut(TM) is a croissant donut, this is something like a croissant muffin,

[twenty twenty six day one seven three]: sale! sale! sale!

So a sale just dropped out of the sky at https://bookshop.org/shop/TIP bookshop.org is apparently running an Anti-Prime Day Sale with free shipping and discounts across the site, and you

[twenty twenty six day one seven two]: general relativity is hard

I m sure this is obvious to most people who are not dumb that the key discovery of the person known as the world s greatest smarty pants might be a difficult

[drawing every day 2026 day one seven two]: more proportions

More thigh-to-leg studies from Morpho. Drawing every day. -the Centaur

[twenty twenty six day one seven one]: functionally weeds

So in our mushroom farm, some of the logs are producing shiitake mushrooms, some are producing oyster mushrooms (not pictured as something ate the latest buds), some produced nameko (which

[drawing every day 2026 day one seven one]: yet more simplified forms

Still more Morpho: Simplified Forms . There are roughly 100 pages in the book and 5-8 drawings on most of the pages, so we may be churning through this one for

[drawing every day 2026 day one seven zero]: more thigh

More studies from Morpho: Simplified Forms . Drawing every day. -the Centaur

[twenty twenty six day one seven zero]: again with the helping

And today s edition (well, not today s, as I blog a little ahead) of cats on workspaces includes Lily I think, bringing one of her favorite balls to one of my

[twenty twenty six day one six nine]: i checked myself

Back in 1997, I drove across country for HAL 9000 s birthday (yes, THAT Hal), held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where a friend was a graduate student. They called

[drawing every day 2026 day one six nine]: yet more morpho

Another study of the thigh in relation to the rest of the body. Drawing every day. -the Centaur

[drawing every day 2025 day zero six nine]: the torso from morpho

On the note of unblogged posts, here s picking up my missed posts from 2025 day 68 I believe was the last one I blogged, not counting one or two

[drawing every day 2026 day zero zero one]: the back

Unblogged torso study from day 1 of this year. Well, actually, this was drawn in September, since I draw pretty far ahead; but it s the drawing scheduled for January 1st.

[drawing every day 2026 day one six eight]: more morpho

Kind of a foreshortened view. Drawing every day. -the Centaur

[twenty twenty six day one six eight]: anatomy of the toe

It may not look like much, but it smarts where it counts, kid. One of our coffee tables decided to make some special modifications to my middle toe, including a

[twenty twenty six day one six seven]: adult me, bro

Adulting is one of the most important, and pernicious, tasks adults are called upon to undertake. The laundry must get done, after all, but if it s a choice between doing

[drawing every day 2026 day one six seven]: more more thigh thigh

Yet another thigh proportion study from Morpho: Simplfiied Forms. -the Centaur